Chair.



ANDREW CHAIR APPLICATION FILED vicar. 1914.

Patented Mar. 18,1919.-

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CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed December 17, 1914. Serial No. 877,780.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. ANDREW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic Highlands, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to chairs.

The object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, compact and convenient receptacle or compartment for a chair, preferably disposed beneath the seat thereof, for the reception of a hat, package, or other portable article.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stair-structure particularly adapted for use in restaurants and the like, so that itwill be unnecessary to hang a. hat or other article at a point remote from that at which the owner has to sit; thus avoiding the danger of the mistaken or wrongful appropriation of the article by another. 7

In restaurants, cafs, and the like, and particularly those of large size, where many people dine, it is usually necessary for a person to hang his hat, etc., upon a hook or rack at a point so far from the place where he sits that it is impossible, or practically so, for him to watch the same; in consequence of which mistakes and loss of the articles result frequently. In most of the restaurants, etc., the proprietor assumes no responsibility for such loss. The owner, therefore, is constantly in danger of losing his things.

It is a particular purpose of my invention to provide for the housing of the owners hat, package, etc., within the chair on which he sits; the structure being such that such, article cannot be removed by anotherperson while the owner is sitting on the chair.

The invention in general seeks to provide a chainstructure which, as aforementioned, is particularly adapted for use in restaurants, cafs, and the like, and which structure, from an operative standpoint, has in practice been found to possess a high degree of efficiency and convenience and which, structurally considered, is of great simplicity. 7

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the accompanying drawings, while others will be pointed out in the following description.

The invention resides broadly in the fea- STATES PATENT. onmon. A I T tures of construction, combination of elestood, drawings illustrative of possible embodiments and utilizations thereof are hereto appended, as apart of this disclosure; it

being obvious that other possible utilizations and embodiments (employing the underlying principles of the invention) fall within the spirit thereof and within the objects and purposes contemplated thereby.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a chair constructed in accordance with one. embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of astool which is provided with my invention;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspectir e of an article-holding receptacle adapted to be dis posed beneath the seat of a chair, stool or the like, and which in this instance is removable therefrom and portable;

Fig. 4c is a fragmentary view in perspective of a portion of one of the cane-sustaining parts; and

Fig. 5 is a view in vertical transverse section, the section being taken along the line of one of the screws shown in Fig. i.

In these drawings, (referring to Fig. 1) the reference-numeral 1 designates, generally, a chair provided, as usual, with a'seat 2 which, in this'instance, is shown as a caneseat. I

The chair is supported, in this instance, on

.four legs 4.

by preference, is secured to the member 5 by one or more screws 9. In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the auxiliary strip 8 is of less height than the member 5 to provide a seat 10, upon which is mounted a cane-receiving element 11 provided with an elongated groove 12. Adapted to be secured between the upper and lower Walls of the groove 12 is a supporting-member 13 which, in this instance, is shownas a woven fabric or netting, preferably corresponding to the material of which the seat 3 is formed. This conduces to lightness of thestructure as well as to cleanliness, etc. It will be understood that, when the parts are assembled, the cane-receiving strips 11 form a frame which may be an integral structure, or be secured in any desired manner .at the .ends to form the frame. This providesa rigid support for the instrumentality 13 .so that'it and the frame may be initially assembled and, as an entity, placed in position upon the seat 10. The dimensions of the frame are such as to provide a substantial support for the instrumentality 13. While I have herein shown this instrumentality as made of cane, it is to be understood that it may be. of Wire-mesh, or even I be of. an unfabricated' character.

Also secured to the legs 4 are arched members 14, there being, preferably, a plurality of these, asshown. In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I utilize three of these for securement to the fabricated or otherwise-formed side parts 15. In this instance, preferably and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the sides 15 are formed by-fabricating cane or the like and securing the lower portion thereof tothe cane-sustaining member 5 in any appropriate manner. The other edgesof the sides are secured, in any desired way, to the arched-members ll, or to any other parts of the chair.

The two sides and back, as shown in Figs.

7-1 and 2, provide a compartment of dimensions sufficient to hold a hat, package, folded coat, etc.; the front being open to permit the insertionofthe article. into the compartment. When a person is sitting on the chair, the front of the compartment will be protectedagainst removal or displacement of the article from the compartment by another, so that'the same will securely remain therein. The front piece 5 may be so formed, as shown in Fig. 5, as to provide an article-stop .5 to prevent the hat, article, etc., from being displaced should the chair be tipped. i V

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated the'invention as applied to a stool, vdesignated generally by the reference-numeral-16, and whichincludes a .seat 17 and a compartment 18 constructed in a'mannersimilar to that illustrated in Fig. 1. V

Copies of this patent may he obtained for In Fig. 3 I have shown the compartment as a removable and-portable structure 19 which, preferably and as shown, includes a frame 20 which is box-like in form and has its two sides, a bottom and a back, formed of wire-mesh 21, or the like. The corners '22 of the frame 20 are, preferably and as shown, formed to engage the legs or other parts of a chair or stool. This permits the receptacle to be conveniently and removably disposed beneath the seat ,ofexisting forms of chairs.

From the foregoing, it will be perceived that I have succeededin devising a chairstructure which is well adapted to achieve the several objects and advantages in view. It is simple and compact in form, and the parts of which it is constructed will be such, as alreadyexplainedas to permit of its application to existing forms of chairs. I

As many changes can be made in the construction which has been described above, and as many widely different embodiments thereof can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, it is intended that members; a seat disposed on the upright 7 members; cross members secured to the upright members, certain of said cross members having a cut-away portion on a surface thereof; a strip securedto the cut-away portion of each cross member" and extending to a point short of the edge of saidcross member to constitute a supporting ledge; a cane receiving element,,prov1ded with an elongated groove, dis'posed on the supportingledge of each cross member; and a cane member dlsposed 1n the elongated groove of each cane-receiving element, and in spaced relat on to the seat to constltute an article support.

In testimony whereof I- aflix my signature p in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAMVV'E. ANDREW. r

Witnesses: V FRANK A. KANE, PHILIP'E. BARNES.

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